Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
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| Women's 200 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals) | |||||||||
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The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires)[1][2] and 3 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Wanda Werner of US.[4][5][6][7][8] This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[9]
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
The first round was held on August 31.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Chris von Saltza |  United States |
2:20.3 | Q, GR |
| - | - | Shirley Stobs | United States |
- | Q |
| - | - | Joan Spillane | United States |
- | Q |
| - | - | Margaret Iwasaki |  Canada |
- | Q |
| - | - | Sara Barber | Canada |
- | Q |
| - | - | Maria Luísa Sousa |  Mexico |
- | Q |
| 7 | - | Blanca Barrón | Mexico |
- | Q |
| 8 | - | Susan Sangster | Canada |
- | Q |
| 9 | - | Maria Teixeira |  Brazil |
2:38.4 | |
| 11 | - | Lilian Moreira | Brazil |
2:39.4 | |
| 13 | - | Glória Funaro | Brazil |
2:44.5 |
Final
The final was held on September 3.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Chris von Saltza | United States |
2:18.5 | GR |
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Shirley Stobs | United States |
2:22.9 | |
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Joan Spillane | United States |
2:23.0 | |
| 4 | Blanca Barrón | Mexico |
2:29.4 | |
| 5 | Margaret Iwasaki | Canada |
2:29.4 | |
| 6 | Maria Luísa Sousa | Mexico |
2:33.2 | |
| 7 | Susan Sangster | Canada |
- | |
| 8 | Maria Teixeira | Brazil |
2:38.5 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "O GLOBO News Archive - September 1, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ O GLOBO News Archive
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1959, Morning, General, page 14". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ↑ Resultados
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
- ↑ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ↑ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ↑ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
